[3][4][5] Her art often portrays historical and cultural Mexican figures, such as the Virgin of Guadalupe and La Llorona, filtered through a radical Chicana feminist lesbian lens.

[9] She was born in Los Mochis, Sinaloa and is married to novelist and poet Alicia Gaspar de Alba.

[12] Alongside the image of the Virgin Mary much of the culture from both sides of the border influenced Lopez in the development of her artwork.

Our Lady is a photo-based digital print that depicts Raquel Salinas, a performance artist, confidently staring back at the viewer, wearing a bikini of roses.

The New Mexico Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan referred to Lopez’s Virgin as a “tart or streetwoman.” [6][7][8] However, the overt female homoeroticism remained largely absent from the controversy.

[13] In response to this protest Lopez said that Our Lady is not about sex or sexuality, but instead about showing strong women and the real lives of Chicanas.

Some of the responses to the work were homophobic, stating that the image of La Virgen did not belong to a queer feminist like Lopez.

It depicts a close up of a young woman staring straight at the viewer and crying, alluding to La Llorona.

[7] Lopez's choice to use Las Chicanas instead of Hernandez's Los Xicanos conveys her focus on Mexican women.

[11] Lopez saw the story of Alicia Alvarado, La Medusa, who herself had been inspired by a tag team match of luchadoras to become a wrestler herself.

The mural shows the queer community and their allies protesting the police raids of the Black Cat Tavern.